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Short-term acute care hospital · Burlington, Wisconsin · 43 beds · CMS certification number 520059

Aurora Medical Center Burlington

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 15, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$139.7M
$139,660,338 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$115.0M
$115,033,076 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$24.6M
$24,627,262 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
17.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $33.3M in its first year on file (1996) to $139.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $26.9M (2023), $29.8M (2024), $24.6M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 2.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 32.9%.
  • ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH, INC. holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

30 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$33.3M
$31.8M
1997
settled
$35.8M
$33.1M
1998
reopened
$38.1M
$38.6M
1999
settled
$41.1M
$42.7M
2000
reopened
$45.7M
$43.0M
2001
settled
$52.0M
$46.5M
2002
reopened
$54.7M
$50.0M
2003
settled
$58.5M
$54.3M
2004
settled
$58.5M
$54.9M
2005
settled
$59.0M
$55.8M
2006
settled
$63.1M
$60.8M
2007
settled
$64.5M
$68.6M
2008
settled
$68.3M
$72.9M
2009
settled
$76.6M
$75.4M
2010
settled
$78.9M
$71.1M
2011
settled
$73.1M
$64.7M
2012
settled
$75.6M
$63.8M
2013
settled
$76.5M
$68.1M
2014
reopened
$80.3M
$66.8M
2015
settled
$81.6M
$67.0M
2016
settled
$84.6M
$77.0M
2017
settled
$91.8M
$80.1M
2018
settled
$95.6M
$80.6M
2019
settled
$103.4M
$82.2M
2020
settled
$96.7M
$89.4M
2021
settled
$115.5M
$93.3M
2022
settled
$118.8M
$100.7M
2023
settled
$131.7M
$104.8M
2024
as submitted
$139.5M
$109.7M
2025
as submitted
$139.7M
$115.0M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Wisconsin with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Aurora Medical Center Burlington43$139,660,338$115,033,07617.6%
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital, Rhinelander42$245,381,098$324,541,166−32.3%
Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam, Beaver Dam43$89,867,812$107,886,770−20.1%
Fort Healthcare, Fort Atkinson49$145,360,071$159,521,334−9.7%
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital Baraboo, Baraboo43$85,293,004$65,150,24823.6%
St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan47$114,340,793$121,089,662−5.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,487
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
10,651
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
29.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
67.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
32.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH, INC.100%
  • AURORA HEALTH CARE, INC.100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ADVOCATE AURORA (100%), healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Advocate Sherman Hospital (IL), Advocate Southland Health Network (IL), Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (IL), Advocate Condell Medical Center (IL), Advocate Christ Medical Center (IL), Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (IL), Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (IL), Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (IL).

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 520059. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 15, 2026.